But rather than spending his time in the Caribbean basking in the sunlight, the actor plans to put his efforts into changing the quality of our planet.

“I would like to improve the world a bit,” he said. “I will fly around the world doing good for the environment.”

I respect pretty much every role Leonardo’s been given, but this is a well-deserved break. After countless snubbings by the Academy who failed to nominate him in J. Edgar, Titanic and Django Unchained, I can’t really blame him at all!!

He will win his Oscar one day. And when that day comes, I just know that I’ll be saying this:

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